ýmiss

Icelandic

Pronoun

ýmiss

  1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of ýmis

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • ímiss

Etymology

Maybe from í (“in”) +‎ miss (“alternation”), the latter from Proto-Germanic *missaz (“wrong, divergent”). In this case ý would be from umlauted í in dative ýmsum.[1]

Adjective

ýmiss (not comparable)

  1. various, different, alternating

Declension

Declension may be with or without contraction with or without vowel shortening. Also there are irregular forms in the neuter nominative and accusative plurals.

Strong declension of ýmiss
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmiss ýmiss ýmist
accusative ýmissan, ýmsan, ymsan ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa ýmist
dative ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum ýmissi ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu
genitive ýmiss ýmissar ýmiss
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmissir, ýmsir, ymsir ýmissar, ýmsar, ymsar ýmis, ýmsi, ýms
accusative ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa ýmissar, ýmsar, ymsar ýmis, ýmsi, ýms
dative ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum
genitive ýmissa ýmissa ýmissa
Weak declension of ýmiss
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmissi, ýmsi, ymsi ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
accusative ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
dative ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
genitive ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu
accusative ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu
dative ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum
genitive ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ýmis
  • Faroese: ymissur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ymis, ymse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ymis, ymse
  • Elfdalian: ymsę
  • Old Swedish: ymse

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “ýmiss, ímiss adv.”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 678

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ýmiss”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507; also available at the Internet Archive
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